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• Newscast – Friday, Jan. 16, 2025

  17-01-2026 03:00 via ktoo.org
  
  
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  In this newscast:The Juneau School Board held off returning about $1 million in funding earmarked for childcare to the City and Borough of Juneau amid questions about the current privately-run program,
  Alaska’s capital city will soon have a new fire chief,
  A local master Chilkat and Ravenstail weaver has been awarded a national fellowship that bolsters culture and tradition across the United States,
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• ‘Gestures of Our Rebel Bodies’ exhibition curators explore ‘tradition in motion’ with Indigenous artists from across the Northwest Coast

  17-01-2026 02:44 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Juneau Afternoon – Recorded live on Friday, January 16, 2026“Gestures of Our Rebel Bodies” exhibition opening at Aan Hít, legislative preview with Alaska Public Media’s Eric Stone, and Njuzu Marimbas is sponsoring a workshop and special performance.
  “Gestures of Our Rebel Bodies” exhibition opening at Aan Hít on Saturday, February 24. A panel presentation is set for Thursday, February 22. Co-curators Ursala Hudson and Kimberly Fulton Orozco prev
  
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• City and Borough of Juneau announces new fire chief

  17-01-2026 02:29 via ktoo.org
  Capital City Fire/Rescue’s new fire chief, Thomas Hatley, during a public presentation in Juneau on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  Alaska’s capital city will soon have a new fire chief. 
  The City and Borough of Juneau named Thomas Hatley as Capital City Fire/Rescue’s new fire chief on Friday afternoon. His first day will be Feb. 9. 
  He was one of the two finalists for the position to replace longtime fire chief Rich Etheridge, who retired at th
  
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• Juneau School Board delays returning $1 million to the city due to questions about after-school child care

  17-01-2026 02:01 via ktoo.org
  The Harborview Elementary School playground on July 9, 2025. (Photo by Jamie Diep/KTOO)
  The Juneau School Board held off on returning $1.05 million in funding earmarked for child care to the City and Borough of Juneau this week amid questions about the current privately-run program and the possibility of an additional operator in the future.
  Board Vice President Elizabeth Siddon said at a meeting Tuesday she still has questions around how things are going with Auke Lake Preschool, like the statu
  
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• Alaska kicks off billion-dollar effort to ‘transform’ rural health care

  17-01-2026 00:19 via ktoo.org
  Attendees watch during a breakout session at the kickoff of Alaska’s Rural Health Transformation Program in Anchorage on Jan. 15, 2025. (Alaska Department of Health)
  Hundreds of health care workers and government officials descended on Anchorage this week for the kickoff of a five-year, $1.3 billion program aimed at reimagining medical care across Alaska.
  The money comes from the Rural Health Transformation Program created by President Trump’s signature tax- and spending-cut legislat
  
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• MLK Day events in Juneau celebrate King’s legacy of activism

  17-01-2026 00:01 via ktoo.org
  Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on the day he delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech during the Aug. 28, 1963, March on Washington. (Photo Courtesy of National Park Service, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
  Martin Luther King Jr. Day is coming up on Monday.It’s a day to remember the legacy of the famous civil rights leader and a national day of service, and local organizations and volunteers will
  
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• ChoiceFest welcomes guest filmmaker Asha Dahya, Sentinal Lighthouse event ‘Hops & History’

  16-01-2026 23:43 via ktoo.org
  Juneau Afternoon recorded live on January 15, 2016
  The Gastineau Channel Historical Society, which manages the Sentinel Island Lighthouse, has teamed up with Alaska Brewing Company for an event on Thursday, January 22, called “Hops & History.” Gary Gillette, Renee Hughes, and Amanda Breslow preview the event and the history and mystique of lighthouses.The 3rd Annual ChoiceFest, featuring films and a guest speaker/filmmaker, Asha Dahya, is scheduled for Friday, January 16, at Cen
  
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• Anchorage judge overturns state law limiting live music at breweries and distilleries

  16-01-2026 23:17 via ktoo.org
  Musicians perform Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024, at Devil’s Club Brewing in Juneau. The event was among the first three allowed under a newly amended state law. (James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)
  An Alaska Superior Court judge has ruled that a state law limiting live shows at breweries, distilleries and wineries in Alaska is an unconstitutional violation of the First Amendment and the Alaska Constitution’s protections for free speech.
  Judge Adolf Zeman issued his decision Wednesday in a two-year-o
  
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• Alaska Appeals Court takes up American Samoa-born woman’s voter misconduct case

  16-01-2026 19:14 via ktoo.org
  The seal of the state of Alaska hangs behind the dais at the Boney Courthouse, where a three-judge panel of the Alaska Court of Appeals heard oral arguments Thursday, Jan. 15 in the voter misconduct case of Tupe Smith. (file photo/Alaska Public Media)
  The Alaska Court of Appeals took up the case of a Whittier woman Thursday who was indicted in 2023 on felony charges of voter misconduct.
  Like others born in American Samoa, Tupe Smith is a U.S. national but not a U.S. citizen. Smith says she thoug
  
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• Newscast – Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026

  16-01-2026 03:00 via ktoo.org
  
  
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  In this newscast:The Juneau School District Board of Education agreed to approve the $180,000 in funding to help pay for a new playground at the Dzantik’i Heeni campus in Lemon Creek,
  Southeast Alaska’s largest tribe has earned nearly $40 million from U.S. Navy contracts in Guantanamo Bay,
  KTOO is checking in with members of Juneau’s legislative delegation to talk priorities, predictions, and plans for t
  
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• Dzantik’i Heeni playground inches toward reality following school board funding approval

  16-01-2026 02:40 via ktoo.org
  This is a concept design rendering of a portion of the proposed Dzantik’i Heeni campus playground. (Courtesy/Juneau School District)
  The Juneau School District Board of Education agreed to approve up to $180,000 dollars in funding to help pay for a new playground at the Dzantik’i Heeni campus in Lemon Creek.
  During a special meeting Thursday, board members agreed to pull the money from an afterschool child care fund to match a foundation’s grant toward the project. The child ca
  
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• Juneau weaver receives national fellowship with $50,000 attached

  16-01-2026 00:07 via ktoo.org
  Master weaver Lily Hope. (Courtesy of Lily Hope).
  Local master Chilkat and Ravenstail weaver Lily Hope has been awarded a national fellowship that bolsters culture and tradition across the United States.She is one of the United States Artists awardees for 2026, which means she gets $50,000 toward her work with no strings attached. 
  “It’s a wild gift to have somebody just hand you some money and say, ‘Do what you will,’” she said. “There is absolutely zero
  
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• Local bar association offering free legal help sessions on MLK holiday, AWARE looking for couples for 10-week relationship course, Mudrooms 2nd annual adult-only event.

  15-01-2026 22:07 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Juneau Afternoon recorded Wednesday, January 14, 2026:
  The Juneau Bar Association, in conjunction with the Alaska Bar Association, is hosting its annual Martin Luther King, Jr., Legal Aid Clinic at two locations in Juneau. Check the Alaska Bar Association website for details.AWARE is offering a 10-week relationship course specifically designed for partners to strengthen their bond before challenges arise. The course begins January 22. Information and sign-up are available at the AWARE website.
  
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• Priorities, predictions and plans going into the legislative session with Juneau’s Sen. Jesse Kiehl

  15-01-2026 21:43 via ktoo.org
  Sen. Jesse Kiehl, D-Juneau, speaks during a town hall at Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé on Monday, June 9, 2025. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  With the second regular session of the 34th Alaska Legislature beginning on Tuesday, it’s a good time to check in with members of Juneau’s delegation to talk priorities, predictions and plans for the session.
  Sen. Jesse Kiehl (D-Juneau) spoke with KTOO’s Mike Lane about what he expects to see this year.
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• Priorities, predictions and plans going into the legislative session with Juneau Sen. Jesse Kiehl

  15-01-2026 21:43 via ktoo.org
  Sen. Jesse Kiehl, D-Juneau, speaks during a town hall at Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé on Monday, June 9, 2025. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  With the second regular session of the 34th Alaska Legislature beginning on Tuesday, it’s a good time to check in with members of Juneau’s delegation to talk priorities, predictions and plans for the session.
  Sen. Jesse Kiehl (D-Juneau) spoke with KTOO’s Mike Lane about what he expects to see this year.
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• State seeks input for plan to boost logging in Haines

  15-01-2026 20:30 via ktoo.org
  The Baby Brown and Glacier Side timber areas, left, are south of Glacier Creek, a main tributary to the Klehini River. (Courtesy of Derek Poinsette)
  The state Department of Natural Resources is moving forward with its effort to overhaul the longstanding plan that dictates how it manages one of Alaska’s three state forests.
  Agency staff are in Haines this week to meet with a range of local groups to solicit input for the new roadmap, which would open the entire Haines State Forest to loggin
  
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• Murkowski wants to reassure Denmark, but it’s not clear Congress is with her

  15-01-2026 20:14 via ktoo.org
  Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, center, and U.S. senators spoke to reporters at the Hart Senate Office Building on Jan. 14, 2026. (Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media)
  WASHINGTON — Sen. Lisa Murkowski was among a group of senators who met with the foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland Wednesday, trying to provide an assurance that they couldn’t get from the White House: That Greenland is safe from a U.S. military incursion.
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• Tlingit and Haida tribal members concerned by tribal government corporation presence in Guantánamo Bay

  15-01-2026 17:00 via ktoo.org
  Migrants detained in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown are led to a plane bound for Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. (U.S. Department of Homeland Security)
  Southeast Alaska’s largest tribe has earned nearly $40 million from U.S. Navy contracts in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba – money some tribal members are concerned comes from supporting immigrant detention. 
  While tribal corporation leadership says their operations are separate from the detention center on the mil
  
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• Residents in avalanche zones return home after Juneau clears last evacuation advisory

  15-01-2026 01:43 via ktoo.org
  The Behrends slide path on Mount Juneau on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  Residents living in avalanche-prone downtown neighborhoods got the all-clear to return home Wednesday after the city lifted its last remaining evacuation advisory this morning. 
  Mary Amor was finally preparing to leave Juneau’s emergency shelter at Centennial Hall. She’s been staying there with her brother since last Friday, when the city issued an evacuation advisory for resident
  
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• Newly proposed legislation aims to curb Alaska bycatch

  15-01-2026 01:24 via ktoo.org
  The proposed legislation would establish a fund for fishermen to purchase updated technology and trawl gear to limit seafloor contact and bycatch. (Theo Greenly/KUCB)
  Alaska’s congressional delegation introduced legislation Wednesday that aims to reduce bycatch in parts of southwest Alaska using better marine data, technology and gear.
  The Bycatch Reduction and Research Act, introduced by U.S. Sens. Dan Sullivan, Lisa Murkowski and Congressman Nick Begich, would address research gaps in en
  
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• Newscast – Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026

  15-01-2026 01:00 via ktoo.org
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  In this newscast:Residents living in avalanche-prone downtown neighborhoods got the all-clear to return home today after the city lifted its last remaining evacuation advisory this morning,
  Avalanche risk rose over the weekend, as more snow and then rain pounded Juneau. Meanwhile, staff at the city’s emergency warming shelter for unhoused residents relocated operations three times in two days,
  A Juneau-born athlete
  
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• The freshmen: Two new Mat-Su Republicans prepare for their first session

  14-01-2026 23:48 via ktoo.org
  Republican Reps. Garret Nelson, left, and Steve St. Clair pose for a photograph during a swearing-in ceremony in Anchorage on Dec. 30, 2025. (Alaska House Republicans)
  The Alaska House of Representatives will have two new faces when lawmakers return next week for the start of the legislative session. Gov. Mike Dunleavy appointed Mat-Su Republicans Steve St. Clair and Garret Nelson to fill two open seats in the state House.
  So, who are these two new lawmakers, and what do they hope to accomplish
  
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• A Juneau-born athlete is headed to the 2026 Olympic Winter Games

  14-01-2026 21:23 via ktoo.org
  Maxime Germain during a World Cup Biathlon relay in Oberhof, Germany, on Jan. 11, 2026. (Photo by Nordic Focus Photo Agency)
  A Juneau-born athlete is headed to Italy next month to represent Team USA’s biathlon team in the 2026 Olympic Winter Games. 
  Last month, 24-year-old Maxime Germain made the team for the event that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. 
  This week, Germain spoke to KTOO from Germany, where he’s racing in the Biathlon World Cup. He said he&rs
  
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• Why Juneau’s warming shelter moved multiple times during the avalanche advisory

  14-01-2026 03:39 via ktoo.org
  Juneau’s emergency warming shelter on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. (Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  Avalanche risk rose over the weekend as more snow and then rain pounded Juneau. Meanwhile, staff at the city’s emergency warming shelter for unhoused residents relocated operations three times in two days.
  When the city issued evacuation advisories for high risk areas of town on Friday, it said the shelter along Thane Road was too close to historic avalanche paths to stay put, said St. Vincent de Pau
  
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• Newscast – Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026

  14-01-2026 03:00 via ktoo.org
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  In this newscast:An evacuation advisory remains in effect for Juneau’s Behrends avalanche path downtown for a fifth day, but now the City & Borough of Juneau’s evacuation alert is using more urgent language,
  The cost to move Juneau’s City Hall is coming in millions of dollars higher than expected,
  A 10-year-old Bethel cold case murder spotlights faults in Alaska justice system,
  The United States Supr
  
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• Afro Mermaids: Healing our relationship with water

  14-01-2026 02:24 via ktoo.org
  Culture Rich Conversations show aired on January 13, 2026Dive into an enchanting episode of Culture Rich Conversations featuring Dr. Jalondra Davis, Mermaid scholar, and Blixunami from the hit Netflix series Merpeople.  Discover the transformative power of African spirituality, wellness, and unity in the captivating world of Afro Mermaids.  Prepare to explore the deep waters of fantasy, the symbolism behind the aquatic world, and how these trailblazers are helping the Black Cultur
  
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• Alaska pollock processors drop foreign worker program, citing uncertainty

  14-01-2026 02:23 via ktoo.org
  The UniSea processing plant in Unalaska in Jan. 2019. (Berett Wilber/KUCB)
  Some of Alaska’s largest pollock processors are abandoning a foreign worker visa program that once supplied up to half their workforce, citing rising costs and uncertainty under stricter immigration policies.
  Tom Enlow is the president and CEO of UniSea Seafoods, Unalaska’s largest seafood processor. He said the company is moving away from the H-2B visas to save money on an inconsistent system.
  “The H-2B
  
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• Juneau’s City Hall move will cost millions more than expected

  14-01-2026 00:29 via ktoo.org
  The Michael J. Burns Building, which houses the Permanent Fund offices on 10th Street, on Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  The cost to move Juneau’s City Hall is coming in millions of dollars higher than expected.
  According to the city administration, it’s expected to cost $20.5 million to purchase, renovate and move into two floors of the Michael J. Burns building, which houses the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation downtown. The floors are slated to become Junea
  
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• U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear case that could have upended Alaska subsistence fishing

  13-01-2026 19:53 via ktoo.org
  The Kuskokwim River is seen in this image captured by scientists working on NASA’s Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment, or ABoVE. (Peter Griffith/NASA)
  The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected the state of Alaska’s latest attempt to alter Alaska’s decades-old system of subsistence fishing management.
  In a one-sentence order Monday, the court said it will not review a decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled in August that Alaska cannot manage fishing on a st
  
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• Mount Juneau gets new radar avalanche detection system as Behrends path remains under evacuation advisory

  13-01-2026 03:23 via ktoo.org
  Avalanche forecasters view drone footage avalanche paths at City Hall on Jan. 12, 2025. (Photo courtesy of Catherine Melville).
  An avalanche evacuation advisory remains in effect for one neighborhood that sits beneath Mount Juneau in Alaska’s capital city. And now, for the first time, the city is using a radar detection system to track avalanches that rumble down the mountain, thanks to state money freed up by the city and tribe’s disaster declaration last week. 
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• Newscast – Monday, Jan. 12, 2026

  13-01-2026 03:00 via ktoo.org
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  In this newscast:An atmospheric river struck Juneau over the weekend, after previous back-to-back storms buried the city in several feet of snow,
  The Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska recently launched a new foundation,
  For the first time, Juneau is using a radar detection system to track avalanches that rumble down the mountain, thanks to state money freed up by the city and tribe’s
  
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• Tlingit and Haida launches nonprofit to fund new $90M tribal education campus in Juneau

  13-01-2026 00:34 via ktoo.org
  This is a rendering of the conceptual design of the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska’s education campus. (Courtesy/Raeanne Holmes)
  The Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska recently launched a new foundation. Its main goal right now is to fundraise for a new education campus in Juneau. 
  The tribe announced the formation of the Tlingit & Haida Foundation last month. Jamie Gomez is the executive director of the nonprofit.&nb
  
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• Alaska offers free rocks and dirt, helping big state-backed construction projects

  12-01-2026 22:05 via ktoo.org
  A motorcyclist descends a hill as he approaches Coldfoot, Alaska on the Dalton Highway in 2014. (Bob Wick/Bureau of Land Management)
  The state of Alaska is preparing to give away millions of dollars worth of gravel to public corporations, a move that would amount to millions of dollars in assistance to some of the state’s biggest construction projects.
  According to a Q&A posted by the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, the beneficiaries could include the proposed Ambler Access Pro
  
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• Mary Peltola enters Alaska U.S. Senate race

  12-01-2026 18:29 via ktoo.org
  Mary Peltola, then Alaska’s U.S. representative, at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention in Anchorage in 2023. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)
  WASHINGTON — Democrat Mary Peltola announced Monday that she’s running for U.S. Senate, taking on Republican incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan.
  Peltola served one partial and one full term in the U.S. House, becoming the first Alaska Native person elected to Congress. She then narrowly lost her seat in 2024.
  Her announcement Monday c
  
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• Ahead of legislative session, Alaska lawmakers propose big changes and small tweaks

  10-01-2026 03:20 via ktoo.org
  The Alaska State Capitol is illuminated by sunlight on Feb. 14, 2025. (Eric Stone/Alaska Public Media)
  The start of Alaska’s annual legislative session is just over a week away. And there’s plenty on the agenda for lawmakers this year, from a possible gas pipeline to a plan to stabilize the state’s finances. But lawmakers have some other ideas they’d like to discuss in the next four months, too. Alaskans got their first look at a set of pre-filed bills ahead of this year&
  
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• Newscast – Friday, Jan. 9, 2026

  10-01-2026 03:00 via ktoo.org
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  In this newscast:The City and Borough of Juneau issued an avalanche evacuation advisory for all residents in slide zones this morning. The advisory comes as an atmospheric river slams Juneau, after previous storms dumped several feet of snow,
  As snow turned to rain in Juneau today, the city is warning residents that roads are beginning to flood, and the snow on roofs is getting heavier,
  The City and Borough of Juneau has
  
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• Multiple small avalanches release in Juneau after city issues evacuation advisory

  10-01-2026 00:22 via ktoo.org
  Ezra Strong in front of the Behrends slide path on Friday, Jan. 9, 2025. (Photo by Alix Soliman/KTOO)
  Two small avalanches released on a slide path of Mount Juneau, above the Behrends neighborhood, as Ezra Strong was on a walk this morning in the pouring rain. 
  The city issued an evacuation advisory about an hour earlier for Juneau residents in all known slide paths downtown and along Thane Road. Strong and his wife live on Gruening Avenue with their dog. He said he’s not heeding the
  
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• Snow removal, roof monitoring at Juneau schools continues through weekend

  09-01-2026 23:52 via ktoo.org
  A swing set and dinosaur play structure are buried under several feet of snow at Harborview Elementary School in Juneau on Jan. 7, 2025. (Photo by Jamie Diep/KTOO)
  The City and Borough of Juneau has largely wrapped up shoveling on Sít’ Eetí Shaanáx — Glacier Valley Elementary School and began work on Mendenhall River Community School on Friday. 
  This comes after record snowfall caused the district to close schools multiple times this week, including all scho
  
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• Eaglecrest Ski Area’s general manager resigns, board chair steps down

  09-01-2026 22:02 via ktoo.org
  Craig Cimmons interviews for the Eaglecrest Ski Area general manager position during a meeting at City Hall on Friday, Aug. 2, 2024. (Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  The general manager of Juneau’s Eaglecrest Ski Area has resigned and the chair of its board of directors has stepped down. Both departures were announced Thursday night during the ski area’s board of directors meeting.
  Hannah Shively served as the board chair for less than six months. At the meeting, she said she was leaving the ro
  
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• Alaska’s Rep. Nick Begich votes against 3-year extension of federal health care subsidies

  09-01-2026 20:24 via ktoo.org
  Rep. Nick Begich, R-Alaska, speaks during the commissioning ceremony for the Coast Guard icebreaker Storis on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025, in Juneau, Alaska. (James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)
  The U.S. House of Representatives voted 230-196 on Thursday to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies for three years and reverse massive cost increases that went into effect with the new year.
  The reversal must still be approved by the U.S. Senate and President Donald Trump before becoming effective.
  Alaska’s lon
  
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• Part of residential roof collapses under snow in Mendenhall Valley

  09-01-2026 03:30 via ktoo.org
  Part of the front eave on Tracey Muir’s house collapsed under the weight of heavy snow on Jan. 8, 2026. (Photo by Jamie Diep/KTOO)
  A portion of a residential roof collapsed Thursday in Juneau under the weight of several feet of snow that fell over the past few weeks. 
  Tracey Muir was born and raised in Juneau and bought the house in Mendenhall Valley a little over a year ago. He was inside when the roof gave way.
  “This morning, I heard crackling, came and took a peek, and it was
  
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• Newscast – Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026

  09-01-2026 03:08 via ktoo.org
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  In this newscast:The City of Hoonah declared a local emergency earlier this week following heavy snowstorms in the region.
  As the state of Alaska responds to Juneau’s disaster declaration, the capital city is bracing for heavy rain and potential flooding from an atmospheric river expected to hit Southeast late Thursday night.
  Students and staff at Mendenhall River Community School were evacuated from the elemen
  
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• Spruce Root offering master class for entrepreneurs, Juneau Animal Rescue on licensing and vaccination, and “Death with Dessert: Death on a Ranch” from True Crime Alaska

  09-01-2026 02:51 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Spruce Root, a 501(c)3 Community Development Financial Institution, is offering a workshop: “Leading Through Uncertainty: A Master Class for Entrepreneurs.” The workshop is designed for mid-stage entrepreneurs and focuses on helping participants build a grounded understanding of regional change. It is happening January 23-25, and registration deadline is January 9.
  Juneau Animal Rescue‘s animal control officers, Director Jordan Bales and Officer Jacob Miller, share details and
  
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• Public comment period for proposed Cascade Point Ferry Terminal closes Friday

  09-01-2026 01:40 via ktoo.org
  An aerial view of Berners Bay, where the state is proposing to build the Cascade Point Ferry Terminal. (Photo by Alix Soliman/KTOO)
  The public comment period for phase 1 of the controversial Cascade Point Ferry Terminal in Juneau closes tomorrow, Jan. 9. 
  The state’s proposed ferry terminal would be located about 30 miles north of the Auke Bay ferry terminal, on land owned by Goldbelt Incorporated, an Alaska Native Corporation. The project is slated to cost tens of millions of dollars
  
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• Hoonah declares local disaster following back-to-back storms in Southeast Alaska

  09-01-2026 00:34 via ktoo.org
  Downtown Hoonah on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. (Photo courtesy of Dennis Gray Jr.)
  The City of Hoonah declared a local emergency this week following heavy snowstorms in the region. 
  On Tuesday night, the Hoonah City Council unanimously approved a disaster declaration, which opens the door for the Southeast community to request aid from the state. Gov. Mike Dunleavy approved the declaration Thursday morning. 
  Hoonah’s City Administrator, Dennis Gray Jr., says the small community on C
  
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• Upcoming ‘Simple Loving Kindness’ art show seeks artists inspired by meditation

  09-01-2026 00:03 via ktoo.org
  Juneau Afternoon – Recorded on January 7, 2026:
  The “Simple Loving Kindness – Art Inspired by Meditation” exhibit will be happening at the JAHC Gallery in March 2026. The group is looking for artists to be a part of the exhibit and participate in optional mediation group sessions. Nancy Caracand and Darcy Lockhart share more about the process. Find out more at the website: slkart.org.Juneau Audubon Society‘s planned January 8th lecture is canceled, but Brenda Wrigh
  
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• Mendenhall River Community School evacuated due to concerns over gym roof, closed Friday

  08-01-2026 23:18 via ktoo.org
  The entrance of Mendenhall River Community School on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. (Photo by Jamie Diep/KTOO)
  Update, Thursday 5 p.m.:
  As of Thursday afternoon, Juneau School District Chief of Staff Kristen Bartlett said the district hasn’t received information that more schools need to be closed for snow removal. She said the city’s engineering team is monitoring schools daily, and that decisions are made on a day-to-day basis.
  “It’s a balancing act of making sure that we&rsqu
  
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• Mendenhall River Community School evacuated due to concerns over gym roof

  08-01-2026 23:18 via ktoo.org
  The Mendenhall River flows near the Mendenhall River Community School on Wednesday, July 30, 2025. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  Students and staff at Mendenhall River Community School were evacuated from the elementary school Thursday morning due to growing concern about the snow load on the gym roof. 
  In a news release, the Juneau School District said everyone inside the school is being relocated to Thunder Mountain Middle School “out of an abundance of caution” and that &ldq
  
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• ‘Ticking time bomb’: Extreme snowfall fuels avalanche danger around Haines

  08-01-2026 22:29 via ktoo.org
  Jeff Moskowitz digs a snow pit in Haines after a major storm buried the community in late December. (Avery Ellfeldt/KHNS)
  Avalanche professionals are warning backcountry adventurers to stay out of risky terrain after snow slammed the Upper Lynn Canal in late December.
  National Weather Service data shows the storm dumped at least 44 inches of snow in Haines, making it the sixth snowiest five-day period in more than two decades. Other reports documented closer to six or seven feet.
  “It was d
  
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• National Native helpline for domestic violence and sexual assault to open Alaska-specific service

  08-01-2026 20:38 via ktoo.org
  The tundra surrounding Bethel, Alaska turns red and gold in the fall. Oct. 10, 2023. (Claire Stremple/Alaska Beacon)
  A national support line for Native survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault has begun work to launch an Alaska-specific service.
  Strong Hearts Native Helpline is a Native-led nonprofit that offers 24-hour, seven-day-a-week support for anonymous and confidential calls from people who have experienced domestic violence or sexual assault.
  The line is staffed by Native advoca
  
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